Outgoing smtp server address

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Hi.

I am using multiple service providers(MTN, Telkom mobile, Cell C).

I use my outlook client on my laptop at work and at home.

Can someone advise me on a universal outgoing smtp address to use across all service providers.

Thanx.
 
This is very good question. I have a similar problem. Though on my MTN phone, mtn seems to allow all outgoing mail, irrespective of the provider. It is only on my home and office accounts (VOX and Telkom), that I have a problem.

Would like to see what the solution is.
 
hcpeer said:
Hi.

I am using multiple service providers(MTN, Telkom mobile, Cell C).

I use my outlook client on my laptop at work and at home.

Can someone advise me on a universal outgoing smtp address to use across all service providers.

Thanx.
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On your laptop:
Go to change your account.

There where you add password etc...
Bottom right of that screen is more settings .

Once more settings is open select outgoing tab
Tick my outgoing server requires authentication.
And under that tick:
Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

And your email will send.

I might still have pics here in my pics from office 2010. 2013 and newer is done in the same way, just looks a little different.
 
Use the SMTP server of your email provider, for gmail account use the gmail SMTP server, for Telkom account use Telkom and so on, there are no universal SMTP server, they stopped it years back, otherwise you help the spam industry

When you use your ISP SMTP server, you have to switch that everytime you connect to diffrent ISP (Telkom/MTN/etc.)

Venomous is 50% correct, do the tick thing, but also change the SMTP server to mail provider SMTP address.
 
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gfmalan said:
Use the SMTP server of your email provider, for gmail account use the gmail SMTP server, for Telkom account use Telkom and so on, there are no universal SMTP server, they stopped it years back, otherwise you help the spam industry

When you use your ISP SMTP server, you have to switch that everytime you connect to diffrent ISP (Telkom/MTN/etc.)

Venomous is 50% correct, do the tick thing, but also change the SMTP server to mail provider SMTP address.
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You need to use the Network's SMTP server, and your mail provider's POP3 server:
SMTP for MTN: mail.mtn.co.za
POP3: Check you Mail provider.

Sorted.
 
Pitbull said:
You need to use the Network's SMTP server, and your mail provider's POP3 server:
SMTP for MTN: mail.mtn.co.za
POP3: Check you Mail provider.

Sorted.
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The problem with this is you have to change your SMTP server for everyplace you connect then.
 
mailjet.com

200 emails a day is free.

I use it to send notifications from a LAMP app hosted at Digital Ocean. But you can use it as your email client SMTP server.
 
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I used this one previously. It stopped working for a while but is working again.

smtp.uls.co.za
 
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